Four killed in Thai clashes; PM to face charges over rice scheme

2014/02/18 13:43:04

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Gun battles erupted between Thai police and anti-government protesters in Bangko...

Taliban kill senior Pakistan officer as peace talks falter

2014/02/18 13:29:22

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban fighters opened fire at an army car and killed a senior offi...

South Sudan rebels say control oil-producing state capital

2014/02/18 13:14:55

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels said they had seized control of the capital of oil-producing ...

Lebanon looks to Kuwait for Saudi-Iranian rapprochement

2014/02/18 12:57:14

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri urged Kuwait to keep trying to build brid...

After 20 years, Russia and Estonia sign border treaty

2014/02/18 12:49:25

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Estonia signed a treaty setting out the position of their joint border...

Merkel expects parliament to clear up open scandal questions

2014/02/18 12:37:21

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she is confident that parliament will cl...

Merkel says Swiss challenge is to stay close to EU after vote

2014/02/18 12:02:35

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she regretted the results of a Sw...

Venezuela's Lopez says ready for arrest at Tuesday march

2014/02/17 03:58:39

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan opposition leader wanted by police in connection with deadly street...

Egypt militants warn tourists to leave or face attack

2014/02/18 13:34:34

CAIRO (Reuters) - A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to att...

Italy's man in a hurry faces questions as he starts coalition talks

2014/02/18 13:28:22

ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-left leader Matteo Renzi began the delicate task of trying to form a...

Iran, powers begin talks on final nuclear deal, dampen optimism

2014/02/18 13:07:19

VIENNA (Reuters) - Six world powers and Ira n began talks on Tuesday in pursuit of a final settlemen...

Austria boosts peacekeepers after Golan withdrawal

2014/02/18 12:54:25

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will send more peacekeepers to the Balkans and Africa after its withdrawa...

Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes off Barbados, no damage reported

2014/02/18 12:43:52

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the Caribbean island of Barba...

Secretary of State Kerry makes unannounced visit to Tunisia

2014/02/18 12:18:32

TUNIS (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry made an un announced visit to Tunisia on Tuesday to ...

Armed guards force airport closure in eastern Libya's Benghazi

2014/02/18 11:59:30

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Security guards forced Benghazi airport in eastern Libya to close on Tue...